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France’s Lescure Wants 2027 Budget That Brings Deficit Below 5%
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France’s Lescure Wants 2027 Budget That Brings Deficit Below 5% French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said he will push for a finance bill for next year that brings a further improvement in public finances, and expects parliament “most likely” will allow a budget to pass. While the government is still assessing the impact of the energy crisis and there is “a lot of uncertainty,” Lescure said everything would be done “to reach or to be as close as possible” to narrowing the deficit to 5% of...
France’s Lescure Wants 2027 Budget That Brings Deficit Below 5%
French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said he will push for a finance bill for next year that brings a further improvement in public finances, and expects parliament “most likely” will allow a budget to pass.
While the government is still assessing the impact of the energy crisis and there is “a lot of uncertainty,” Lescure said everything would be done “to reach or to be as close as possible” to narrowing the deficit to 5% of output this year.